Was out cycling today and these grabbed my eye

made me skid to a stop, i'm sure there is not a single Myco-tekker who does not know what they are

 

Did you pick them?

 

I had nowhere to put them, space is totally maxed out on my kit and they were pretty huge

 

I was thinking the same, shaggy ink cap rather than common ink cap

 

Found these today Bod. I am thinking they are Boletus edulis. Got some feelers out at another site for confirmation.

 

Yeah, been there already bro. Thanks though.

BTW that key pretty much eliminates B. edulis from anything but hardwood contrary to some other sites,

 

With that key I ended up here....

10. Cap reddish to reddish brown; found under spruces and firs at high elevation in the Rocky Mountains after monsoon rains. Boletus cf. pinophilus

 

I did think about taking the firm younger ones as there was a lot of them but there was no way i could have packed them without them being crushed, would have looked like i'd stuffed a live squid in my bag by the time i got the 22km home.

Looks like a cep to me too, how did it fair on the questionaire?

 

I would have loved to have taken them and ate them but i was wearing lycra cycling gear and waterproofs and didn't have a spare square cm of space on my bag or bike, i even debated eating my grapes and using the protective plastic tub i carried them in but even the smallest one wouldn't fit in so i just enjoyed the view. I will pass their home again sometime, it is nearly always wet here to some degree so that shouldn't be a problem.

What is the flavour like? I am right remembering the go inky as you cook them?

 

It has definitely dropped in temps over the last week, moisture is just at regular levels and the real fungal rains are due any day, need to get out and check my semilanceata plots as a monitor, usually my fields are heaving by now but like i said not the usually wet wetness of late here.

So if i grab some next time i pass that spot what do you recommend i do with them, do you have a favourite recipe/meal/treat? i'll be passing that spot regularly as it is a coast to coast cycleway and one day i intend to make it coast to coast across the country

 

All uber nerds n geeks love stats so i thought i'd share with you all some progress stats on my progress, i just upgraded my gps software and i'm drooling on the extra data

15th sept until yesterday

 

Went back out today and found four more. May have to do it again tomorrow.

 

Oh and I forgot about this pic. Some kind of pans? It is a photo from my phone and I didn't take details. Thought it was interesting though.
On a pile of horse poo......